“I met Marwan on Friday morning and he was very keen to go in a different direction on the coaching front. That’s, in a nutshell, where we’re at. There has been a job offer as a director of football and the intricacies of that have not been discussed in detail.

“Iestyn is taking over [on Monday] in relation to the coaching aspects of the club and I wish him absolutely every success. I think this team is really ready to take off and do things. Am I disappointed? Absolutely. Do I understand some of it? Maybe not. But that’s a good group of players and it just takes time sometimes to gel people.

“I know intimately what’s gone on and I know intimately where the team is. I absolutely have the complete faith in that team that they will go on and do things.”